R350 SRD grant: You can now apply on WhatsApp

Beneficiaries of the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant can now apply on WhatsApp. 

Those who applied on the website have been encouraged not to apply again via WhatsApp. 

YOU CAN APPLY ON WHATSAPP FOR THE R350 SRD GRANT

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has shared their WhatsApp application channel is now active.

Beneficiaries of the R350 SRD grant can apply using WhatsApp on this number – 082 046 8553.

Our Whatsapp application channel for the special COVID-19 SRD grant is now active! #SASSACARES @The_DSD @nda_rsa @GCISMedia @GovernmentZA pic.twitter.com/axtNicrNX7

— SASSA (@OfficialSASSA) May 16, 2022

DA WEIGHS IN ON POST OFFICE DECISION TO SUSPEND PAYMENTS

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will leverage all the parliamentary channels to oppose the decision by the South African Post Office (SAPO) to stop paying out the R350 SRD grant. 

Recently, the Post Office announced that it will no longer pay out the R350 SRD grant to reduce long queues at its branches. 

The DA said it will write to the Ministers of Digital Technologies and Communications and Social Development to urge them to reverse the senseless decision by the Post Office to no longer pay the R350 SRD grant at its branches.

The party said the move will no doubt disadvantage millions of poor South Africans who rely on this grant to provide for their families by forcing them to incur unnecessary additional travel expenses to access this grant outside of the communities they live in. 

“Many rural communities struggle with access to Post Office branches as more and more branches are closed countrywide.

“At a time when the cost of living is at an all-time high, poor South Africans need their government to provide them with the relief they need to make ends meet, instead of suffocating them with additional expenses, all in pursuit of reducing long queues.”

DA

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